From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian степ (step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ). Used in Swedish since 1817.
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Declension of stäpp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stäpp | stäppen | stäpper | stäpperna |
Genitive | stäpps | stäppens | stäppers | stäppernas |